SaxoTrader 2.5. Release Notes

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1 SaxoTrader 2.5 Release Notes

2 INTRODUCTION This document will describe the features contained in the SaxoTrader 2.5 release. Features included in the release: Ribbon Menu Better overview of platform modules and easier navigation New Open Positions Module View and manage positions and related orders in one integrated workflow Account Toolbar Account information always visible in a screen efficient layout. New Platform and Product Icons Clearer product differentiation and updated look and feel Sound Alerts Customise sounds for specific events to create a personalised trading experience.net 4 Support Better performance and utilisation of latest technology

3 RIBBON MENU Better overview of platform modules and easier navigation The ribbon toolbar replaces the conventional drop down menu. The user will much easier be able to navigate to the different modules using large descriptive icons.

4 RIBBON MENU Better overview of platform modules and easier navigation The Ribbon Menu collects similar menu items and pools them together. As illustrated on the image the different trade tickets are collapsed under one menu item and the order tickets under another item. The Ribbon Menu will automatically resize itself depending on the width of the application. The Ribbon Menu can be minimized to save space. Right click the header and select Collapse the Ribbon. The menu will reappear when any of the headers are clicked.

5 RIBBON MENU Better overview of platform modules and easier navigation The new ribbon file menu features an easy overview of recent workspaces and settings.

6 OPEN POSITIONS View and manage positions and related orders in one integrated workflow The new open positions module replaces a static web module. Users can now interact with the module in a much better fashion and easier manage position and related orders. The new module also allows the user to quickly place related orders and rearrange the columns to create the desired view.

7 OLD OPEN POSITIONS View and manage positions and related orders in one integrated workflow The current module is a static and non interactive module. Old open positions module

8 NEW OPEN POSITIONS View and manage positions and related orders in one integrated workflow The new open positions module is a native module written specifically for SaxoTrader, that will enable users to: - Open the close position dialogue by clicking the price in the close column - Add stop or limit orders by clicking the Stop or Limit columns - Visualize distance to stop/limit levels by progress bar - Hide closed (and square) positions - Search and filter positions - Choose from a wide array of column types - Rearrange and sort columns

9 NEW OPEN POSITIONS View and manage positions and related orders in one integrated workflow The user has a complete overview over all positions and their distance to the stop loss/take profit levels visualized with green and red progress bars. See below. Visualised distance to stop level Show/hide closed and square positions Visualised distance to limit level Click to open the close position dialogue Click to place stop order Click to place limit order

10 ACCOUNT TOOLBAR Account information always visible in a screen efficient layout. The user can choose to make the account summary toolbar a part of the workspace. This way there will always be an updated overview of the account performance. The user can also expand the different values and see the details and calculation behind the values. The toolbar can be activated by clicking Account and Margin in the ribbon menu.

11 ACCOUNT TOOLBAR Account information always visible in a screen efficient layout. Easily manage multiple accounts, by adding the module several times to the workspace. Cash Balance Margin Available Account Selector Account Value Margin Utilisation The different sections of the toolbar can be expanded to show the calculation behind the values.

12 NEW ICONS Clearer product differentiation and updated look and feel New and more modern and descriptive icons for both instruments and modules will be introduced across the three platforms. The coloring will remain the same (FX are green, CFDs are red and so on). Below is an example of the new product and module icons.

13 SOUND ALERTS Customize sounds for specific events to create a personalised trading experience The user will be able to customize the sounds played at predefined events, such as when the user receives a margin call, or if they want to hear their favorite song when a price alert has been triggered. The sounds can be configured by selecting Options from the menu system: Enable/disable sounds Sound events available Default Sounds Browse for custom sound file

14 .NET 4 SUPPORT Better performance and utilisation of latest technology SaxoTrader 2 will upgrade its.net framework to version 4 in order to support new and advanced features. This means that in order for clients to use most of the new features described in this document they must have.net 4 installed. A feature reminding the clients to automatically upgrade will be implemented. Every time a client logs in, the platform will detect the.net 4 version and ask to upgrade if it is not up to date. All new installs of SaxoTrader 2 after will automatically install.net 4. We will continue to support older versions of.net for a certain period of time, but later this year we will discontinue support for older.net versions which will also mean discontinued support for Windows 2000.

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